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Ronald Reagan Second Inaugural
Ronald Reagan was the most ardent nuclear abolitionist ever to occupy the Oval Office—aficionados of history will be interested in the meticulously researched Ronald Reagan and His Quest to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, by Paul Lettow. His second inaugural address includes one of his many references to the elimination of nuclear weapons, nearly all of which were overlooked by his contemporaries.
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“Duck and Cover”
This is a classic film used for children’s instruction in the 1950s. It gets especially chilling at 2:18. And 2:49. And 5:21. And…well, you get the idea.
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Barack Obama, Palm Sunday Speech
On Palm Sunday, 2009, President Obama declared to the world that “today, I state clearly and with conviction America’s commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.” This isn’t Obama’s vision alone. It’s the vision of former Cold Warriors like George Shultz and Sam Nunn, of international statesmen like Mikhail Gorbachev and Chuck Hagel, and of President Ronald Reagan. The speech set the right direction. The distance we go is up to us.
